With the loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, 2022 a discussion has started about the lineage of the queen in the All Things Tudor Facebook group.

Did you know that Mary Boleyn, the sister of Anne and George Boleyn, was an ancestor of the late queen?

Mary Boleyn Sir William Carey

Catherine Carey Sir Francis Knollys

Lettice Knollys Walter Devereux

Sir Robert Devereux Frances Walsingham

Frances Devereux Sir William Seymour

Jane Seymour Charles Boyle

Charles Boyle Jullana Noel

Richard Boyle Dorothy Savile

Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Sir William Cavendish

Dorothy Cavendish William Henry Bentinck

Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck Anne Wellesley

Rev. Charles William Cavendish-Bentinck Caroline Louisa Burnaby

Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Claude George Bowes-Lyon

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon George VI, King of the United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth II

King Charles III

So, to this very day Boleyn descendants are the present day Royal Family. Mary, Queen of Scots is also an ancestor, but that’s a discussion for another day.

Join in the discussion with 35,000+ Tudor history lovers in the All Things Tudor group here.

In memory of Queen Elizabeth II, April 21, 1926 – September 8, 2022

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